A French army spokesperson has confirmed that Oumeya Ould Albakaye, a senior figure of Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (IS-GS) was captured by the French Barkhane force between ... Read more »
A White House official said Monday that U.S. President Joe Biden has authorized a deployment of fewer than 500 troops to Somalia to conduct operations against Al- Read more »
The African Union (AU) will hold an Extraordinary Summit focusing on the challenges of terrorism and violent extremism in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, from the May 28, 2022, with a ... Read more »
Local officials and security sources have said that Al-Shabaab fighters stormed an African Union military base in the village of El-Baraf in Somalia's Middle Shabelle region on May ... Read more »
Al-Shabaab mounted one of its deadliest attacks last week, targeting elections at the regional presidential palace in Beledweyne town. Forty-eight people were killed and more than ... Read more »
Since seizing power in September 2021, Guinea's military junta has increasingly attempted to streamline mining activities and agreements to benefit what leaders h Read more »
The U.S. Treasury Department has announced financial sanctions against four men in South Africa it accused of being recruiters and fundraisers for the Islamic State group (IS Read more »
In its latest situation report, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said that, during 2021, it had to cope with a shortfall of just under U.S.$56 million for its ... Read more »
A video released by the Nigerian militant group Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) appears to show armed children executing two military officers. Security experts say the ... Read more »
Four suspects have been arrested for the January 3, 2022 attack in Lamu, in which six people were killed and houses torched in an attack blamed on Al Shabaab militants in ... Read more »
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